Rubies On The Lawn

Rubies On The Lawn

Editorial Reviews
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Trish Murphy is a lot like Kevin Welch: she has absorbed the Austin scene's country-folk-rock sound and personal-incident-blown-up-into-modern-myth kind of songwriting. Like Welch, Murphy is a good-but-not-great singer-songwriter and--not to ignore the obvious--very good-looking. After an unusually successful, self-released debut album (1997's Crooked Mile), Murphy makes her major-league debut with Rubies on the Lawn, which leans away from her twangy Texas roots and into the adult-pop territory of Sheryl Crow, Aimee Mann, and Kim Richey. This is a smart move, because Murphy's strength is melody, not literature. The disc's first single, "Outsider," will be remembered not for its lyrics but for the way Murphy's husky soprano holds out the vowels with such attractive yearning. Whether she's singing about a Vietnam vet, a violent holdup, a restless driver, or an ex-lover, the real message is not in the perfunctory words but in the way her cowgirl-Austin voice hooks up with the creamy, Beatlesque guitars. --Geoffrey Himes

Product Description
After releasing the critically acclaimed 'Crooked Mile' in 1997 on her own label and selling more than 10,000 copies in her native Texas alone, Trish Murphy released this stunning followup on the doolittle/mercury label in 1999.The songs on "Rubies" reveal both a gift for melody and the ability to sketch full portraits or distill complex emotions with just a few lines. If you haven't heard about Trish Murphy yet, ask around. Someone you know has, and what they'll say is bound to be good.

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